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Cultural literacy : what every American needs to know : with an appendix, What literate Americans know

by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph Kett, James Trefil

This work proposes that intellectual competence is founded upon cultural literacy. It advocates for a core curriculum of essential knowledge to ensure shared understanding across society.

Accession 21108 ISBN 039543095X Publisher Houghton Mifflin
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